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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, WARREN S. BARTLE, of Newark, in the county of Wayne,and State of New York, have invented a new and improved Fastening forAttaching thc Posts and 'Rails of Bedsteads together; and I do herebydeclaro that the following is a full and exactdescription thereof,reference being had to ythe accompanying drawings, and the letters ofreference marked thereon, making a part'of this specification.

A hook, a, sectional drawing, is xed to the rail as shown in Figure 1,either by being laid against the rail, and held in place by a lug, B, asshown in g. 1, or bybeing inserted in a hole bored into the end of therail. This hook enters a mortise in the post, and' engages a bolt orpin, e, iig. 1, which passes through the post.v On the end of the shankof the hook, as seen at a, sectional drawing, and in fig. l, is a screwto which a nut, c, is applied. This nut is made with two d-erentlyformed sections, one of which is six-sided, as represented in thesectional drawings c, Aand also in iig. 1, for the purpose of engagingthe wrench 0l, iig. 1, used in turning it, and for such purpose it maybe three or four or more than six sided, or may be round, with slots orrecesses in the periphery. The other section, as shown in iig. 1, iscylindrical, and is 'employed to suspend and keep inplacc the wrenchwhen not in actual use. This last-mentionedsection of the nutmay beseparate and detached from the other, or may be codibined with theWasher Z7, fig. 1, and be nearly equivale-nt in respect to operation,though not quite as substantial. d, sectional drawing, is a wrench,appended Ato the nut by embracing and being suspended upon thecylindrical section of it, as shown in g. 1. Awrench is provided forevery fastening, and is so made as to engage the nut, whatever the fornithereof. b, sectional drawing, and also shown in. fig. 1, is a washeragainst which the nutturns. .A mortise or recess, as shown in iig. 1, ismade in the rail, of snieient length to admit of the action of the nut,but not longenough to permit the wr eneh to become disconnected. i v

The advantages of this fastening over others, are, that a.wrench isprovided forlevery fastening; the range of thc'nut on the shank of thehook is so great as to permit the rail to be drawn tight against thepost in all cases, and the form and peculiar application of the n'ntkeep the wrench appended to it, and always ready to be convenientlyapplied. v

What I claim as my invention, and desire toV secure by Letters Patent,is-

The combination of the appended wrench c?, and the nut c, with the hooka, all as described and set forth in the foregoing specification.

WARREN S. BARTLE.

Witnesses:

STEPHEN CULvEn, lJorrit Moons.

